by magicartacivics@proton.me | Mar 27, 2026 | Uncategorized
For most kids, you can’t beat a trip to the zoo. And for those unfortunate kids whose immune systems are too weak to endure such an excursion, they now have the chance to experience it from their hospital beds. That’s thanks to a clever partnership involving the San...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Mar 27, 2026 | Uncategorized
Things are looking up in DR Congo’s Virunga Mountains, where recently scores of elephants have been returning across the border following a reduction in militia violence. Also this spring, there have been 9 healthy births recorded among the mountain gorillas,...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Mar 27, 2026 | Uncategorized
A recent international survey of a deep sea zone near Mexico turned up 24 species of shrimp-like animals called amphipods, including a whole new taxonomic family, called Mirabestiidae. The survey took place in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) between Hawaii and...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Mar 27, 2026 | Uncategorized
A phase 2 clinical trial in England has demonstrated smashing success in improving the conditions of children with a rare form of treatment-resistant epilepsy called Dravet syndrome. Believed to affect 3,000 children in England, it’s just one out of hundreds of forms...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Mar 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
From central England comes the feel good story of a tiny pony rescued from disease whose winning and warming hearts of visitors at the rescue center where he was nursed back to health. Last March, Pickle the 9-month-old Shetland Pony was found critically ill after...